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and number two, you're just not going to see in -- hundreds of united states toorps overly. they've determined this will be more of an operation that is. at least, that's the goal reported of this. the president's surprise visit for all of us to afghanistan will be speaking tonight. he'll be sparking right on this program event well along. . would you like to watch some hardsbaul. >>> they kwi etly destroyed. as the killing of ben ludca. anyway, this is "hardball." but, y'know, with every door direct mail from the postal service, you'll find the customers that matter most: the ones in your neighborhood. print it yourself or find a local partner. and postage is under 15 cents. i wish i would have known that cause i really don't think i chose the best location. it's not so bad... i mean you got a deal... right? [ bird cries ] go online to reach every home, every address, every time with every door direct mail. kiwi. soy milk. impulse buy. gift horse. king crab. rhubarb pie. lettuce shower. made by bees. toucan sam. that's not cheese. grass fed. curry. gingersnaps. soup can tow
and number two, you're just not going to see in -- hundreds of united states toorps overly. they've determined this will be more of an operation that is. at least, that's the goal reported of this. the president's surprise visit for all of us to afghanistan will be speaking tonight. he'll be sparking right on this program event well along. . would you like to watch some hardsbaul. >>> they kwi etly destroyed. as the killing of ben ludca. anyway, this is "hardball." but,...
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. >> i do not comment on specific classified operation is other than to say the united states engages in a number of operations to go after al qaeda and their militant allies, their terrorist allies who would try to attack the united states. what this incident makes clear is that this country has to continue to remain vigilant against those it would seek to attack this country, and we will do everything necessary to keep america safe. >>> for more on the impact of this we bring in nbc terrorist specialist, evan cole man. how significant is this attack and what have we learned from it? >> well, we're still get the details, but it does seem to be quite significant. it's what we've been looking for and wondering where it was really. where is the revenge mission for osama bin laden? frankly, where is aqap? you had a terrorist group that had two very, very serious plots targeting the u.s. within the space of just about a year and then all of a sudden there was dead silence. i think some people thought after all the drone strikes that have taken place, after all the u.s. military activity,
. >> i do not comment on specific classified operation is other than to say the united states engages in a number of operations to go after al qaeda and their militant allies, their terrorist allies who would try to attack the united states. what this incident makes clear is that this country has to continue to remain vigilant against those it would seek to attack this country, and we will do everything necessary to keep america safe. >>> for more on the impact of this we bring...
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what happens in greece has an impact here in the united states. businesses are more hesitant to invest if they see a lot of uncertainty looming across the atlantic because they're not sure whether that's going to mean a further global slowdown, and we're already seeing very slow growth rates, and, in fact, contraction in a lot of countries in europe. so we had an extensive discussion about how do we strengthen the european project generally in a way that does not harm world economic growth but instead moves it forward? and i've been clear, i think, in not just this week but over the last two years what i think ought to be done. we have to put firewalls in place to ensure that countries outside of greece that are doing the right thing aren't harmed just because markets are skittish and nervous. we have to make sure banks are recapitalized in europe so th n that investors have confidence, and we have to make sure there is a growth strategy to go alongside the physical need for discipline. as well as a monetary policy that is promoting the capacity o
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their terrorist allies who would try to attack the united states. what this incident makes clear is that this country has to continue to remain vigilant against those that would seek to attack this country. >> we'll have the latest on this story at the top of the show. plus, debating gay marriage. it was a great case of tell me what you really think. yesterday vice president joe biden came out in favor of same-sex marriage. it's assumed he was speaking for himself, not for the president. opposing gay marriage is no longer a slam dunk for republicans. americans' attitude towards gays and gay marriage are changing incredibly fast. but, how biden's from the heart declaration will affect the election is anyone's guess. also, president obama kicked off his re-election campaign this wct weekend by rejecting the question, are you better off than you were four years ago? he said the right question is, where are we going to go from here? romney, he said, wants to go back to the policies that got us into this mess. and one thing that keeps team obama up at ni
their terrorist allies who would try to attack the united states. what this incident makes clear is that this country has to continue to remain vigilant against those that would seek to attack this country. >> we'll have the latest on this story at the top of the show. plus, debating gay marriage. it was a great case of tell me what you really think. yesterday vice president joe biden came out in favor of same-sex marriage. it's assumed he was speaking for himself, not for the president....
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partly it's because the united states has been in afghanistan for ten years. the afghans are tired of this. there's tension between the afghan forces and the american forces. and you know, the pentagon officially now is saying this is just the cost of war, but it's a significant problem, and we're getting out in 2014. that will be the solution. >> of course, the way forward, former taliban leader who was involved in negotiations was assassinated. we've had setbacks on almost every front. president karzai is coming for these meetings this weekend and will be meeting with the president. what about their relationship? it's been fractious in the past. >> it's been a very difficult marriage. it's been a dysfunctional marriage i would say between the united states and afghanistan and between president karzai and presidents obama and president bush ahead of him. so he's the man that the u.s. has to deal with in afghanistan, and they just make it work to the extent they can. and also among the taliban i would say, there are divisions in the taliban between senior lead
partly it's because the united states has been in afghanistan for ten years. the afghans are tired of this. there's tension between the afghan forces and the american forces. and you know, the pentagon officially now is saying this is just the cost of war, but it's a significant problem, and we're getting out in 2014. that will be the solution. >> of course, the way forward, former taliban leader who was involved in negotiations was assassinated. we've had setbacks on almost every front....
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i am vice president of the united states of america. the president sets the policy. i am absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marrying men, women marrying women, and heterosexual men and women marrying are entitled to the same exact rights, all the civil rights, all the civil liberties, and quite frankly, i don't see much of a distinction beyond that. >> well i have to say before we get started here, congratulations to "meet the press." this is exactly the kind of thing "meet the press" is known for, sam, getting to the tough question. perhaps it struck vice president biden by surprise. it certainly struck the white house by surprise. but he came out with a from the heart response. what he really believes, apparently, without any kind of guidance or coordination, it looks like. right? this was from the heart. >> it shouldn't have struck him by surprise. they've been pressed on this issue repeatedly, often by gay publications, gay reporters, and it's always been a vexing issue for this president. from my reporting i get the sense that biden really did speak f
i am vice president of the united states of america. the president sets the policy. i am absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marrying men, women marrying women, and heterosexual men and women marrying are entitled to the same exact rights, all the civil rights, all the civil liberties, and quite frankly, i don't see much of a distinction beyond that. >> well i have to say before we get started here, congratulations to "meet the press." this is exactly the kind of thing...
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. >> another good news story because it means the united states working with international partners and what that probably means is intelligence services in the regoj were able to identify this plot well in advance of execution and get control of this device before it ever became a threat to an airplane. the administration's pretty clear though that this plot was not tied to the anniversary of bin lat din's death though they have said they believe that the individual wanted to conduct the attack in this month, in the may time frame. you raise an interesting question though. what does it mean for al qaeda's strength. this is another example of why this affiliate in yemen is such a concern for the u.s., because even though al qaeda central has suffered tremendous losses, aqap as it's known continues to try to do these type of attacks. you mentioned the 2009 attack, the underwear bomber, and then the cargo attempt in 2010, this is another example. this is three in the past four years. this remains an ongoing concern for us. >> the reverend al sharpton is on politics nation. >>> speaking of
. >> another good news story because it means the united states working with international partners and what that probably means is intelligence services in the regoj were able to identify this plot well in advance of execution and get control of this device before it ever became a threat to an airplane. the administration's pretty clear though that this plot was not tied to the anniversary of bin lat din's death though they have said they believe that the individual wanted to conduct the...
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guess who gave the president the united states government? we did, not mitt romney. help was given. what a phrase. and this from the same guy who penned an op-ed in the "new york times" that red, let detroit go bankrupt. quote, if general motors, ford and chrysler get the bailout that their chief executives asked for yesterday, you can kiss the american automotive industry goodbye. it won't go overnight, but its demise will be virtually guaranteed. barack obama invested heavily in these auto industries and brought them back. >> like you said, chris, help was given and because of that op-ed, mistakes were made. i think that was a big political mistake on mitt romney's part. i think what it reflects as much as anything, certainly some hutzpah, but it reflect more than anything the narrowness of the map. it's very hard for them to win without ohio, and it's very hard to win without putting a couple other obama states in play. michigan, under normal circumstances, because it's romney's home state, might be prime for that kind of a takeaway. i have to say i've covered the republican prim
guess who gave the president the united states government? we did, not mitt romney. help was given. what a phrase. and this from the same guy who penned an op-ed in the "new york times" that red, let detroit go bankrupt. quote, if general motors, ford and chrysler get the bailout that their chief executives asked for yesterday, you can kiss the american automotive industry goodbye. it won't go overnight, but its demise will be virtually guaranteed. barack obama invested heavily in...
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the united states says accide accidentally. pakistan reportedly demanding a 30fold increase in payments to re-open the roads into afghanistan. the obama administration meanwhile, is losing veteran diplomat ryan crocker who is expected to step down as u.s. ambassador to afghanistan. reuters reporting it could come as early as this month. ambassador crocker came out of retirement to take that post in the summer of last year. >>> as the u.s. prepares to pull combat troops out of afghanistan by the end of 2014, the fight against al qaeda is increasingly turning to yemen. as nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engel reports, the escalation of violence under scores the new threat. >> reporter: the suicide bomber was disguised as a soldier. he tucked into a crowd at a rehearsal for a military operate in sanai, detonated a bomb and killed nearly a hundred people. yemen's defense minister narrowly escaped with his life and officials say it's likely the work of al qaeda in yemen. while the u.s. has decimated al qaeda elsewhere, the
the united states says accide accidentally. pakistan reportedly demanding a 30fold increase in payments to re-open the roads into afghanistan. the obama administration meanwhile, is losing veteran diplomat ryan crocker who is expected to step down as u.s. ambassador to afghanistan. reuters reporting it could come as early as this month. ambassador crocker came out of retirement to take that post in the summer of last year. >>> as the u.s. prepares to pull combat troops out of...
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and, you know, what does the manhunt say about the united states? it says that enough resources and sort of intelligent folks at the cia and other places focus on a problem, eventually they're going to find a solution. it did take ten years to find bin laden. he wasn't making the kind of mistakes -- he wasn't talking on cell phones. he wasn't communicating very regularly with people in his organization. he was trying to keep a low profile. and he was a pretty hard target to find. and the book outlines a story that's more, i guess, a christie rather than james bond. a very long process that involved all sorts of technical intelligence, liaisons with foreign intelligence services, you know, spies on the ground to get him. >> peter bergen, thanks for join pupgs peter ing us. peter's new book is called "man hunt, the ten-year search for bin laden from 9/11 to abbottabad. >>> still ahead -- why everybody is already talking about joe biden, hillary clinton and the 2016 election. stay with us. [ male announcer ] the inspiring story of how a shipping giant
and, you know, what does the manhunt say about the united states? it says that enough resources and sort of intelligent folks at the cia and other places focus on a problem, eventually they're going to find a solution. it did take ten years to find bin laden. he wasn't making the kind of mistakes -- he wasn't talking on cell phones. he wasn't communicating very regularly with people in his organization. he was trying to keep a low profile. and he was a pretty hard target to find. and the book...
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in the united states, 1 in 4800. we're talking about extraordinarily high rates of maternal mortality. >> they really are. 99% of these deaths are happening in the developing world. but they do happen mere in the u.s. as well. 50% of those deaths are preventable too. what's incredible about this issue is not only that it's underreported, is that there's so many of these deaths that are preventable. that's the part i'm hoping to get people to wake up to and realize that there is some place for their voice or their lack of voice on that day to show that we do have solidarity with other women around the world. >> i know you've talked about this publicly. you said that one of the things that inspired you was problems in your own pregnancy. can you speak to that as a mom? >> sure. i didn't have problems in my pregnancy, but after i delivered my first child eight years ago, i had a complication that was managed really efficiently in a birthing center within a hospital in new york city. i learned afterwards when trying to u
in the united states, 1 in 4800. we're talking about extraordinarily high rates of maternal mortality. >> they really are. 99% of these deaths are happening in the developing world. but they do happen mere in the u.s. as well. 50% of those deaths are preventable too. what's incredible about this issue is not only that it's underreported, is that there's so many of these deaths that are preventable. that's the part i'm hoping to get people to wake up to and realize that there is some place...
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like if you give enough money, your mom might be tweeted by the president of the united states. it makes me think that there might be better ways of raising money for campaigns. >> if you have creative thoughts, pass them along. yeah or do it on the show. i'm sure they're listening. we'll see you tomorrow at 8:00 a.m. eastern. be sure to catch the show. it is 8:00 a.m. tomorrow and sunday as well on "up with chris hayes." >>> well, the prosecution rests its case in the edwards case without hearing rielle hunter. >>> plus why michele bachmann dropped her dual citizenship with switzerland. [ female announcer ] it figures...on your busiest day you see the gray. try root touch-up by nice 'n easy. just brush our permanent color matching creme right where you need it. then rinse. in ten minutes zap those grays and get on with your day. nice 'n easy root touch-up. ♪ power surge, let it blow your mind. [ male announcer ] for fruits, veggies and natural green tea energy... new v8 v-fusion plus energy. could've had a v8. nare you still sleeping?rgy. just wanted to check and make sure th
like if you give enough money, your mom might be tweeted by the president of the united states. it makes me think that there might be better ways of raising money for campaigns. >> if you have creative thoughts, pass them along. yeah or do it on the show. i'm sure they're listening. we'll see you tomorrow at 8:00 a.m. eastern. be sure to catch the show. it is 8:00 a.m. tomorrow and sunday as well on "up with chris hayes." >>> well, the prosecution rests its case in the...
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. >> governor romney has said that he believes the president was born in the united states. he said it repeatedly. he said that he thinks the issue is closed. and that he's focused on jobs and the economy. and you know, democrats put out a web video on this yesterday. they can talk about trump all they want. we're focused on jobs and the economy. >> but trump has just tweeted again. we'll have more on that and the truth about joe biden. jon stewart tries to get the dirt from first lady michelle obama. >> the isn't it hard though to raise a kid around biden? because i would assume that there's a lot of like joe language or like he's like the uncle that comes over, like, oh, you brought them guns. like you know, that kind of thing. like is that. >> no. >> no, he's -- all right. >> no, he's a great vice president. >> all right. >> he's a great friend my kids hang around him. >> they have play dates i guess. good day. i'm andrea mitchell live in washington. in our daily fix, the president placed a call to mitt romney at 11:30 this morning congratulating him on securing the repub
. >> governor romney has said that he believes the president was born in the united states. he said it repeatedly. he said that he thinks the issue is closed. and that he's focused on jobs and the economy. and you know, democrats put out a web video on this yesterday. they can talk about trump all they want. we're focused on jobs and the economy. >> but trump has just tweeted again. we'll have more on that and the truth about joe biden. jon stewart tries to get the dirt from first...
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. >> i am vice president of the united states of america. the president sets the policy. i am absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marrying men, women marrying women, and heterosexual men marrying women are entitled to the same rights, all the civil rights, civil liberties, and quite frankly i don't see much of a distinction beyond that. >> vice president biden on "meet the press" with david gregory. the white house quickly responded maintaining the vice president's comments don't really differ with the president's stance. a statement released -- the vice president was saying what the president has said previously, that committed and loving same-sex couples deserve the same rights and protections enjoyed by all americans and we oppose any efforts to roll back those rights. the vice president was expressing he too is evolving on the issue after meeting so many committed couples and families in this country. >>> officials in yemen have confirmed that a top al qaeda leader has been killed by an american drone strike. yemeni authorities say al kuzo was killed, was on
. >> i am vice president of the united states of america. the president sets the policy. i am absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marrying men, women marrying women, and heterosexual men marrying women are entitled to the same rights, all the civil rights, civil liberties, and quite frankly i don't see much of a distinction beyond that. >> vice president biden on "meet the press" with david gregory. the white house quickly responded maintaining the vice...
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the united states government does not. there are only three or four companies in the united states that have a aaa rating. four co the united states has a aaa rating. >> i was a huge fan of your book because i think you added a context to afghanistan that people did not understand prior. what are you hoping that people take away as the context of this story? >> thanks. i'm interested in how the world works. it is fundamental to our lives in the united states. i was motivated in a similar way to try to understand where the 9t/11 attacks had come from in some deeper way. i hope that this story in all its fullness will give american readers a sense of what lies behind that gas pump every time they go out to it and squeeze out $4 a gallon. >> the book is "private empire." you are watching "morning joe" brewed by starbucks. today, we stand against the tyranny of single mile credit cards. battle speech right? may i? [ horse neighs ] for too long, people have settled for single miles. with the capital one venture card, you'll ear
the united states government does not. there are only three or four companies in the united states that have a aaa rating. four co the united states has a aaa rating. >> i was a huge fan of your book because i think you added a context to afghanistan that people did not understand prior. what are you hoping that people take away as the context of this story? >> thanks. i'm interested in how the world works. it is fundamental to our lives in the united states. i was motivated in a...
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i said i don't thing he'll be able to give up attacking the united states, even though his focus seems to be egypt and exploiting the arab springs in particular from everything he's saying but he is also extremely angry at the united states. and i think his attack on the u.s. won't be about chasing the u.s. out of the -- you know, our lands, it won't be about fund-raising per se. in fact, i don't think it will have a rational basis at all. i think it will be pure revenge. because it was the u.s. who killed his wife and his kids and i don't think he's ever forgotten that, any more than he's forgotten that he was tortured by the egyptian government and betrayed his best friend. i do worry about attacks on the u.s. but i don't see them as having the tight, strategic aims that bin laden's 9/11 attack had that went after economic, military and political centers. i believe it will be a sort of i want revenge and he's going to do it regardless i think of whether it to the benefit of the group or not. >> i think that part of that is irrelevant in that the attacks to the united states could fro
i said i don't thing he'll be able to give up attacking the united states, even though his focus seems to be egypt and exploiting the arab springs in particular from everything he's saying but he is also extremely angry at the united states. and i think his attack on the u.s. won't be about chasing the u.s. out of the -- you know, our lands, it won't be about fund-raising per se. in fact, i don't think it will have a rational basis at all. i think it will be pure revenge. because it was the...
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the president of the united states advancing civil rights in our country. with his statement. his statement was spoke to the values of our family, the values of our faith and the values of our country. it was moving. it was historic, and it was a great day for our country. it honors the ideal of kuwaitqu which is the hope and the heritage of our country. today on the floor of the house we will see a debate on the budget, which clearly defines the values and vision of the democratic party and the republican party. i wish that this were a statement that we could come together on, on what our priorities are for the education of our children, job creation for our workers, retirement and health security for our seniors, safety in our neighborhoods and our the air our children breathe and security for our country, all done in fiscal sound way, not partisan or political about that. instead except of finding that we find two different paths in this p these budgets. one that says we choose millionaires over the middle class. the republican budget. one that undermines our children's edu
the president of the united states advancing civil rights in our country. with his statement. his statement was spoke to the values of our family, the values of our faith and the values of our country. it was moving. it was historic, and it was a great day for our country. it honors the ideal of kuwaitqu which is the hope and the heritage of our country. today on the floor of the house we will see a debate on the budget, which clearly defines the values and vision of the democratic party and...
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this fight could end inputal politics. >> these are desperate budget times for the united states. he has a big center, atlantic city. he is putting gubernatorial priorities ahead of vice president aspirations here. >> nobody wants to talk about this. >> for moral reasons and specific reasons. this is not going to be popular in nevada. they have the right to do this. >> they think having sports book is a tourist attraction, if you will. already vegas feels as if popping up of casinos everywhere has eroded some of their appeal and they think this would be the last straw. >> this certainly gives you another reason to go to atlantic city if you needed one. the presidential politics here are very tough for him. knowing the leaders there are so angry about it does a lot of damage to chris christie's hopes. >> one of the conversations we don't have is we expanded gambling too much. it has become a social norm. >> it's all very regressive taxation. it is poor people who can't afford it. but we do have examples of governors around the country who are doing the reforms that need to be done
this fight could end inputal politics. >> these are desperate budget times for the united states. he has a big center, atlantic city. he is putting gubernatorial priorities ahead of vice president aspirations here. >> nobody wants to talk about this. >> for moral reasons and specific reasons. this is not going to be popular in nevada. they have the right to do this. >> they think having sports book is a tourist attraction, if you will. already vegas feels as if popping...
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is there something wrong with the president remembering this success by the united states? >> the president's not remembering the success. i think certainly americans, you know, are, you know, wanting the fact that justice was brought to osama bin laden to be an important part of the narrative of our war on terror and a war against al qaeda. but the president is politicizing this. not only is he taking a victory lap. he did a specific attack on his opponent saying i would have done it better, i would have done it better, that he wouldn't have perhaps, you know, ordered the killing of osama bin laden. that's deplorable. it is absolutely politicizing certainly what the american people believe is justice that was brought to osama bin laden. i think it also detracts from what we need to be talking about, which is jobs -- >> wanted to take a shot at jimmy carter, mitt romney. >> the important aspect here is discussing what we're going to do in the future, not the president complaining somehow he's a better john wayne than mitt romney is. it's deplorable to politicize this, absol
is there something wrong with the president remembering this success by the united states? >> the president's not remembering the success. i think certainly americans, you know, are, you know, wanting the fact that justice was brought to osama bin laden to be an important part of the narrative of our war on terror and a war against al qaeda. but the president is politicizing this. not only is he taking a victory lap. he did a specific attack on his opponent saying i would have done it...
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is still an high alert because of that failed al qaeda plot to bomb a plane headed to the united states. officials say screeners might be able to detect another underwear bomb plot by al qaeda's terrorists in yemen. good to see you. >> nice to see you. >> do you expect more attempts to bomb airliners or other plots to be in the works right now? >> al qaeda's got a very talented bomb maker. we've seen his handiwork three times now. he's self-taught but he's really good. and he's savvy enough to know he's got a target on his back. so he's training other people to do the same thing he's been able to do. they have to be extremely vigilant. >> when we think about how this whole thing went down in stopping this horrible plot, you've got to think about the way al qaeda was infiltrated. how hard is that to do? >> it's very hard especially for us to do as americans, even folks from different ethnic backgrounds. that's why we have to rely on other intelligence sources, the saudi, the jordanians who do this much better than we did. their tribal relationships, their ethnic relationships allow them
is still an high alert because of that failed al qaeda plot to bomb a plane headed to the united states. officials say screeners might be able to detect another underwear bomb plot by al qaeda's terrorists in yemen. good to see you. >> nice to see you. >> do you expect more attempts to bomb airliners or other plots to be in the works right now? >> al qaeda's got a very talented bomb maker. we've seen his handiwork three times now. he's self-taught but he's really good. and...
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you can help create a more united states. the more you know. not in this economy. we also have zero free time, and my dad moving in. so we went to fidelity. we looked at our family's goals and some ways to help us get there. they helped me fix my economy, the one in my house. now they're managing my investments for me. and with fidelity, getting back on track was easier than i thought. call or come in today to take control of your personal economy. get one-on-one help from america's retirement leader. >>> no one's ever doubted i mean what i say. the problem is i sometimes say all that i mean. [ laughter ] >> so that was vice president joe biden referring to some of his well-known gaffes. most recently his comments on marriage equality is stirring the political debate. if an amendment passes today in north carolina, it could deal a huge blow to the national fight for marriage equality. north carolina is the only state in the south without a constitutional ban on that issue, even though it's already outlawed by statute. jeremy kennedy is campaign manager for the coal
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>> look, i'm vice president of the united states. the president sets the policy. i'm absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marrying men, women marrying women and heterosexual men and women marrying another are entitled to the same equal rights, all the civil rights and liberties. and quite frankly i don't see much of a distinction i don't understand that. is the president of the united states comfortable as the vice president said, with men marrying men, women marrying men and heterosexual men and women marying it another? >> i'm not going to make news on the president's beliefs on gay marriage today. i am going to say that the vice president was detailing and describing the very policies that he and the president have implemented together to ensure that these same-sex couples do enjoy the same rights and protections as any other couple. one last point when you said gay and lesbian voters are going to the president because they have no place else to go, let's not forget that this is an election and elections are about choices. the big difference here is th
>> look, i'm vice president of the united states. the president sets the policy. i'm absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marrying men, women marrying women and heterosexual men and women marrying another are entitled to the same equal rights, all the civil rights and liberties. and quite frankly i don't see much of a distinction i don't understand that. is the president of the united states comfortable as the vice president said, with men marrying men, women marrying men and...
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certainly in the united states where it is a crime to do any business with these people. but one of the things, institutions that are not obliged to run by u.s. law. to screen their transactions so that they are certain they're not facilitating any transactions for individuals that we have designated for being involved in terrorist financing. that is prevented al-qaeda from using the formal financial network to move money, to raise money, to spend money and that has had a tremendous impact on al-qaeda cores financial situation. but they're not completely constitute and one of the areas we are very much focused today is kidnapping for ransom, the role of these al-qaeda affiliates, whether it's aqim the affiliate in yemen, al shabaab in somalia. usinging kidnapping for ransom is way too raise substantial amounts of money. we're talking millions of dollars. >> i think we have seen aqim in particular since 2008 raising tens of millions of dollars through kidnapping for ransom. these are big hits. big dollar amounts. these individual kidnaps episodes. >> and that's much harder
certainly in the united states where it is a crime to do any business with these people. but one of the things, institutions that are not obliged to run by u.s. law. to screen their transactions so that they are certain they're not facilitating any transactions for individuals that we have designated for being involved in terrorist financing. that is prevented al-qaeda from using the formal financial network to move money, to raise money, to spend money and that has had a tremendous impact on...
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you can help create a more united states. the more you know. >>> in the headlines right now, in her annual speech to parliament, the queen's speech, queen elizabeth stepped into the middle of the country's economic debate, getting out of a double-dip recession. >> my government's legislative program will focus on economic growth, justice and constitutional reform. my minister's first priority will be to reduce the deficit and restore economic stability. >> the queen is also calling for reforms in the 700-year-old house of commons as part of her legislative program. >>> and an update on mark kirk's health from the senator himself. in a web video, the indiana freshman discusses an intense rehab process from his stroke. he had a message for the men and women he represents. >> i'm walking again, leading to my hope to climb the 45 steps that my staff counted from the parking lot to the senate front door to fight for the people of illinois. >> a portrait in courage there. >>> lyndon johnson had always envisioned himself as presiden
you can help create a more united states. the more you know. >>> in the headlines right now, in her annual speech to parliament, the queen's speech, queen elizabeth stepped into the middle of the country's economic debate, getting out of a double-dip recession. >> my government's legislative program will focus on economic growth, justice and constitutional reform. my minister's first priority will be to reduce the deficit and restore economic stability. >> the queen is also...
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officials tell us that the most serious terrorist threat against the united states is in al qaeda in yemen and specifically that master bomb maker ibrahim al asiri, who is responsible for the underwear bomber, the ink cartridge bomber, even planted a bomb inside his own brother's body surgically in an attempt to kill a saudi official. the brother was killed, the official was not. he still remains at large in yemen, which is why the u.s. today is ramping up those drone strikes by both the cia and the u.s. military in an attempt to take him and the rest of that al qaeda operation out. >> mik, what more do we know about the state of al qaeda today? >> well, the state of al qaeda today is that it's pretty fractured. there are many affiliates out there operating. the core al qaeda consists of only a couple hundred operators, really. and ayman al zawahiri, the number two who has taken over after bin laden's death, just doesn't have the kind of compelling control and charisma that blald had, and it's not clear that he's able to draw together all those separate entities that anybody is reall
officials tell us that the most serious terrorist threat against the united states is in al qaeda in yemen and specifically that master bomb maker ibrahim al asiri, who is responsible for the underwear bomber, the ink cartridge bomber, even planted a bomb inside his own brother's body surgically in an attempt to kill a saudi official. the brother was killed, the official was not. he still remains at large in yemen, which is why the u.s. today is ramping up those drone strikes by both the cia...
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i think attacking the united states before 9/11 was about bin laden's kind of fantasy about what this would do. and after 9/11, was about recruiting. and about showing people they were still relevant. and about lots of other things, but not about those main objectives any longer. so that is why i call al qaeda not a terrorist group, because a terrorist group is a small, secretive group, few hundred people, don't have either the capabilities or the desire to expand further, unable to recruit people into their organization fast enough to replace them. and are incapable of holding territory and governing it. and when you look at al qaeda core, you can say, well, that certainly is what's going on. but as you pointed out, the term al qaeda actually means headquarters. and, in fact, their first term for themselves was the high command. something that is repeated also in these captured document and elsewhere. the high command of something they hoped would be bigger. and which since about 2005/2006, has begun to live up to these aspirations of the 1990s. they set out to create, which you call
i think attacking the united states before 9/11 was about bin laden's kind of fantasy about what this would do. and after 9/11, was about recruiting. and about showing people they were still relevant. and about lots of other things, but not about those main objectives any longer. so that is why i call al qaeda not a terrorist group, because a terrorist group is a small, secretive group, few hundred people, don't have either the capabilities or the desire to expand further, unable to recruit...
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. >>> election night. 36 years of service in the united states senate ends in primary defeat for indiana's dick lugar. voters in north carolina approve a ban on gay marriage in their state. the question is what do these votes in swing state tell us about the state of the electorate and the future of the presidential election. >>> in a contorted political jed dye mine trip mitt romney said he deserves a lot of credit for the rebirth of michigan's automobile industry. the question is how does the man who was against the president's auto bailout figure that one? we'll let him explain. >>> a night in baseball you're likely to see only once in your lifetime as the rangers josh hamilton goes deep four times in a single game. the question is if you're the
. >>> election night. 36 years of service in the united states senate ends in primary defeat for indiana's dick lugar. voters in north carolina approve a ban on gay marriage in their state. the question is what do these votes in swing state tell us about the state of the electorate and the future of the presidential election. >>> in a contorted political jed dye mine trip mitt romney said he deserves a lot of credit for the rebirth of michigan's automobile industry. the...
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dangerous that it is the number one threat to united states. and a friendly intelligence source was inserting someone into it. if at any point that person's real mission had been uncovered, it would have been probably fatal. >> it allowed the u.s. to target some of the top al qaeda in yemen people, right? >> reporter: on sunday, there was an air strike who killed fahd al quso who was wanted for the u.s. for his role in the attack on the "uss cole" and because he's thought to have been the top operational person in al qaeda who succeeded anwar al awlaki. and u.s. officials say this latest plot wouldn't have gone forward if he hadn't personally approved it. >> let me ask you about this -- could there be fallout that the fact that this double agent was essentially uncovered? >> reporter: two issues here. one is the existence of this operation itself. and that's something that the administration and congressional leaders say they want to investigate. how during the fact that this operation was still going on last week before it became public, how d
dangerous that it is the number one threat to united states. and a friendly intelligence source was inserting someone into it. if at any point that person's real mission had been uncovered, it would have been probably fatal. >> it allowed the u.s. to target some of the top al qaeda in yemen people, right? >> reporter: on sunday, there was an air strike who killed fahd al quso who was wanted for the u.s. for his role in the attack on the "uss cole" and because he's thought...
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states. of course, it is only as good as its weakest link. and oftentimes things can be connected through other nations or whatever way they can get something on to a plane may not always implicate going through the united states controlled protections. >> we know that at least this latest upwear bomb, the goal was to be able to get past the body screens, the body scans that we've talk so much about that tsa thought to use despite as you know, nationwide outrage who felt that they were intrusive and took away our privacy. with that said, there have been critics who have noted many problems with the tsa. i just named you one incident in los angeles where workers were accused of possibly drugs. what else will they struggle in for money? is the tsa part of the weak link that needs to be explored here? >> i think it is a very legitimate question when you start to look at the balance of how much freedom are we willing to give up. the truth of the matter is, we haven't had that kind of a bomb on to
states. of course, it is only as good as its weakest link. and oftentimes things can be connected through other nations or whatever way they can get something on to a plane may not always implicate going through the united states controlled protections. >> we know that at least this latest upwear bomb, the goal was to be able to get past the body screens, the body scans that we've talk so much about that tsa thought to use despite as you know, nationwide outrage who felt that they were...
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and we will continue to work with them to go after the enemies that threaten the united states. >> would you rule out using ground forces in yemen at some point? >> there -- yeah, there's no consideration of that. our operations now are directed with the yemenis going after al- qaida. >> yeah, if i -- if i could contribute to that part of the question -- or that question as well. we -- you know, we've had a decades-long relationship -- security cooperation relationship with yemen. we suspended it during the period of their civil unrest. and as president hadi began to restore constitutional order to the situation, we're reappearing in terms of our building partner capacity. but it is very much as the secretary described. it's trying to build their capacity, not use our own. to your question about the issue at the joint forces staff college, as you know, i've made an inquiry into a particular course that was brought to my attention by one of the students because he was concerned that it was objectionable and it was counter to our values, you know, our appreciation for religious freedom and
and we will continue to work with them to go after the enemies that threaten the united states. >> would you rule out using ground forces in yemen at some point? >> there -- yeah, there's no consideration of that. our operations now are directed with the yemenis going after al- qaida. >> yeah, if i -- if i could contribute to that part of the question -- or that question as well. we -- you know, we've had a decades-long relationship -- security cooperation relationship with...
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. >> i'm going to read you a list of senators that were in the united states senate in 2008 that will not be there in 2013, republican side only. lugar, warner, specter, bennett, snow, gordon smith, voinovich, hagel. democratics, byrd, kennedy, biden, dodd, lincoln, nelson, clinton, obama. people how about the grandiosity of the senate, the people who would work with the other side, that's a lot of senate power going. >> it's most of the gang of "x." >> yeah. this gang of ten, that was anybody that was ever on a bipartisan piece of legislation, it was one of those ten names. >> that's why you see so much frustration in the american electorate right now. there's a reason why congress isn't working the pay it has in the past. it's changed really dramatically in the last five years. >> and it's interesting, you've always heard there was debate among some democrats during the john roberts hearings about whether to support him or not because some democrats supported him because they believed in the notion that you do that. one of the things that hurt lug ser when lugar is when he supported
. >> i'm going to read you a list of senators that were in the united states senate in 2008 that will not be there in 2013, republican side only. lugar, warner, specter, bennett, snow, gordon smith, voinovich, hagel. democratics, byrd, kennedy, biden, dodd, lincoln, nelson, clinton, obama. people how about the grandiosity of the senate, the people who would work with the other side, that's a lot of senate power going. >> it's most of the gang of "x." >> yeah. this...
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so we also need to recognize that some of the same standards that may be in place in the united states, may not be met in other countries. >> reporter: in the end, this latest plot was stopped not by technology, but by good spy work, with an apparent undercover operative inside al qaeda, raising some other questions about today's release of information by the white house. >> well, you have to wonder if this plot was foiled by someone on the inside, whether or not that means that source is blown, and therefore, they no longer have someone on the inside, and would not know about the next plot. >> u.s. officials say the head of operations for al qaeda in yemen was killed over the weekend by a u.s. drone strike. but tonight, the bomb maker, alasiri, is still at large and is believed to be training other bomb makers at how to make other bomb, all aimed at u.s. aircraft. >>> "good morning america" will have all the latest details on this story in the morning. just ahead, did you see "the avengers" this weekend? we'll bring you the big-brand cameos, you might have missed. with progressive mob
so we also need to recognize that some of the same standards that may be in place in the united states, may not be met in other countries. >> reporter: in the end, this latest plot was stopped not by technology, but by good spy work, with an apparent undercover operative inside al qaeda, raising some other questions about today's release of information by the white house. >> well, you have to wonder if this plot was foiled by someone on the inside, whether or not that means that...
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it was the tip of overseas to allow the united states -- the good news is that working with various countries including yemen, the government of like the predecessor is lmuch more forward. it recognizes that al qaeda is a threat to itself. the international cooperation here means that we are getting better at thwarting these plots. but groups are still trying to. >> doesn't underline that what we will have to do is rely on intelligence? >> the information is possible and the conduct of another operation that came across. it is unclear how close to the inner circle -- it is one of the most difficult aspect because a group like al qaeda the fought together in afghanistan, it is tricky. nonetheless, because we have been able to take out so many operatives, they don't have the bench they have had before. they might be able to insert that. >> the ability to operate as a coherent structure. we see there is johann strong in afghanistan. >> where he was referring to was the circles, they probably don't have the ability to conduct the attack like at 9/11. although that there was an ambivalent view, po
it was the tip of overseas to allow the united states -- the good news is that working with various countries including yemen, the government of like the predecessor is lmuch more forward. it recognizes that al qaeda is a threat to itself. the international cooperation here means that we are getting better at thwarting these plots. but groups are still trying to. >> doesn't underline that what we will have to do is rely on intelligence? >> the information is possible and the conduct...
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. >> on this mayday occupy marchers are being planned and 120 cities across the united states, including the nation's capital. >> members of occupy d.c. our plan in a rally this afternoon. at 6:30, they will march to the white house. they are calling today this part -- start of their spring resurgence. d.c. council is expected to repay city workers for the for they were taken to -- forced to take. council members are also expected to vote for another bill. legislation to delay tax on out- of-state bonds held by d.c. residents. turning to the 20 top campaign comedy about a campaign is wrapping up efforts in virginia, launching a new effort to win the common law. >> it is important for women to have a president to care about women's rights. [applause] >> and holton and valerie halosted and event's last night. her husband is running for the senate seat held by jim webb. achy mitt romney supporter made headlines yesterday. -- a key mitt romney supporter made headlines yesterday. that's new jersey john boehner -- to governor chris christie. resisted a curse to run for president. romney is exp
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repeated efforts by the united states to get cooperation from other nations to gather intelligence on what's considered to be the number one threat that's al qaeda in yemen. >> nb c's pete williams. thank you, sir, for the intel. >> you bet. >> richard, you know, when we talk about counterterrorism policy and this administration, there was an interesting piece in reuters today talking about how technology and drones, which is another issue entirely, have made this quote, unquote, war different from any other. if the administration has pursuing aggressively, terrorists, a lot of these measures in terms of technology were put in place by, in fact, the bush administration. >> you know, that's a pretty simplistic view. i hear it a lot, especially from people in the bush administration. they say, you know, this is really our success. we got bin laden because we used these harsh interrogation techniques that normal people call torture. if pete's reporting proves to be the case, this is human sources rather than the giant te technological sweep the bush administration tried to use and deploy
repeated efforts by the united states to get cooperation from other nations to gather intelligence on what's considered to be the number one threat that's al qaeda in yemen. >> nb c's pete williams. thank you, sir, for the intel. >> you bet. >> richard, you know, when we talk about counterterrorism policy and this administration, there was an interesting piece in reuters today talking about how technology and drones, which is another issue entirely, have made this quote,...
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and then your to the united states. the president has invited him to the white house. an increase, weeks of political turmoil likely done. the express their anger over income cuts punishing mainstream politicians in a general election. now no party has a ruling majority in that country. a pro austerity party came in first and is now time to form a coalition government. >> now to camping 2012 wearing new poll shows mitt romney in a dead heat with president obama in a likely november match up. mitt romney has a 48/47% lead in the politico george university survey. but mitt romney had a nine point lead in the same poll back in february. today a top adviser to the president said the reelection team plans to spend $25 million on advertising this month. ballots for california's june 5th primary election are in the melt. county election offices will begin sending out vote by mail ballots today for an absentee ballots counted must be delivered to the registrar's office by 8:00 p.m. on election day. >> the forces with them, we know that, a bay area city could be a new home for
and then your to the united states. the president has invited him to the white house. an increase, weeks of political turmoil likely done. the express their anger over income cuts punishing mainstream politicians in a general election. now no party has a ruling majority in that country. a pro austerity party came in first and is now time to form a coalition government. >> now to camping 2012 wearing new poll shows mitt romney in a dead heat with president obama in a likely november match...
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he's vice president of the united states. he has secret service protection, and he's still joe biden from scranton, pennsylvania. we hear ripples there's animosity or anger towards the vice president on -- >> i don't believe so that. >> i can't believe it. >> on the gay stuff. >> not for a second. >> for forcing the president's hand. but he's a valuable asset. >> he's the best thing they have when it comes to politics. i'm sorry. he knows what he's doing. >> he went after them. >> let's show more of that fiery speech at a youngstown manufacturing plant. he took aim at mitt romney for his tenure at the investment firm bain capital. >> this is a choice between two fundamentally philosophies, and that's about whether or not we rebuild the middle class and continue to hope those at the very top and hope things work owl well. romney made sure the guys at top played by separate rules. he ran up massive debts and middle class laws, and folks, he thinks that experience is going to help our economy? let's take a look. with these guys
he's vice president of the united states. he has secret service protection, and he's still joe biden from scranton, pennsylvania. we hear ripples there's animosity or anger towards the vice president on -- >> i don't believe so that. >> i can't believe it. >> on the gay stuff. >> not for a second. >> for forcing the president's hand. but he's a valuable asset. >> he's the best thing they have when it comes to politics. i'm sorry. he knows what he's doing....
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and for giving the best defense advice we can to the president of the united states. so i think that's true for both mardy dempsey and myself. there are laws we are enforcing in this area now that are of note. one is the repeal of don't ask, don't tell. we just got report i received yesterday that indicates that that's going very well and it's going pursuant to all of the planning that was done before that went into effect. it is -- it's not impacting on morale. it's not impacting on unit cohesion. it is not impacting on readiness, and so because it was prepared, and i give tremendous credit to the military for having laid the groundwork for that going into effect, as a result of that kind of effective planning, this is working well, and very frankly, my view is that the military has kind of moved beyond it. it's become part and parcel of what they've accepted within the military. the other law that we do have is the doma law. the defense of marriage act. and the defense of marriage act obviously does have some impact with regards to the benefits that are provided to
and for giving the best defense advice we can to the president of the united states. so i think that's true for both mardy dempsey and myself. there are laws we are enforcing in this area now that are of note. one is the repeal of don't ask, don't tell. we just got report i received yesterday that indicates that that's going very well and it's going pursuant to all of the planning that was done before that went into effect. it is -- it's not impacting on morale. it's not impacting on unit...
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if you acquire a visa to the united states you're not taking an oath not to harm the united states. but if you have an acquired citizenship, you do take an oath. and this is where he wants to make it known that visas and born sit zoneship are different from when you take an oath. once you take an oath, you are bound to comply with that oath. he does have these kind of -- sort of understanding of legal jihad from the classical tradition that he would like to comply with. >> that's interesting, because other folks, you know the most traumatic and deadly attack by americanp citizen in al qaeda's name was that by hassan who took an oath when he became an officer, swore an oath to protect the constitution. it would be interesting to note that bin ladin fell in the same category. let's start here and work our way with back. >> al richmond former state department. many files have not been released. first, were there more -- there's more intention to do so, to declassify? and whether or not that's the case, do you have a sense in conversation with people what the criteria may have been for
if you acquire a visa to the united states you're not taking an oath not to harm the united states. but if you have an acquired citizenship, you do take an oath. and this is where he wants to make it known that visas and born sit zoneship are different from when you take an oath. once you take an oath, you are bound to comply with that oath. he does have these kind of -- sort of understanding of legal jihad from the classical tradition that he would like to comply with. >> that's...
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united states. that he's some kind of economic savior. he's very good at making money for his partners. he's not so good at creating jobs. >> the fact is that 80% of companies he invested in grew. if you look at sports authority, 15,000 jobs. if you look at brighter horizons, 19,000 jobs. if you look at staples, nearly 90,000 jobs created. the president's hostile rhetoric to private investment and job creators is highlighting the fact that his policies are hostile to private investment and job creators. >> the gop in texas is set for tuesday, mitt romney is expected to officially become the gop nominee. on tuesday, mitt romney meets up with donald trump and newt gingrich for a fundraiser at trump towers in los angeles. before that, mr. romney will spend tomorrow observing memorial day with senator john mccain, the two will attend an event at the veterans museum and memorial center in san diego. >>> and president obama will mark memorial day with veterans and their families at arlington national cemetery and later visit the vietnam's veter
united states. that he's some kind of economic savior. he's very good at making money for his partners. he's not so good at creating jobs. >> the fact is that 80% of companies he invested in grew. if you look at sports authority, 15,000 jobs. if you look at brighter horizons, 19,000 jobs. if you look at staples, nearly 90,000 jobs created. the president's hostile rhetoric to private investment and job creators is highlighting the fact that his policies are hostile to private investment...
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officials of the united states say they and their allies have disrupted a plot to bomb an airliner. it was to be carried out around the anniversary of the killing of osama bin laden. it was used in a failed attack over detroit in 2009. good >> this is a remnant of the underwear from design to blow up an airplane over detroit on christmas day, 2009. it failed to detonate fully. officials say a more sophisticated bomb was to be used in the latest hot, and this is what would have happened if gone off sabihad properly. it is not confirm if the latest on contains the same explosives. it is being examined by the fbi. the defense secretary giveaway few details about the case. >> i do not comment on specific classified operations other than to say the united states engages in a number of operations to go after all kinda -- al qaeda and their militant allies. this country needs to remain vigilant against those who would seek to attack this country, and we will do everything necessary to keep this country saves. >> it is not clear if the bomb would have been detected by security. it does not
officials of the united states say they and their allies have disrupted a plot to bomb an airliner. it was to be carried out around the anniversary of the killing of osama bin laden. it was used in a failed attack over detroit in 2009. good >> this is a remnant of the underwear from design to blow up an airplane over detroit on christmas day, 2009. it failed to detonate fully. officials say a more sophisticated bomb was to be used in the latest hot, and this is what would have happened if...
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would we have seen larger attacks more directed at the united states? >> so, let me be a little bit kind of -- i don't want to spare bin laden. on one level you see bin laden in these letters calling on these regional jihadi groups to focus their attacks on the united states. at the same time you can see that he doesn't trust them. so there is something intriguing about one of these letters, the longest letters that he wrote, which is the most reflective one. this is the letter in which he propose to centralize jihadi activities. this is really the centralization, his attempt comes in 2010. so, what we seem to have is that he wants to centralize efforts, we don't know what it was like before then. and we see him -- the plan for this centralization seems to refer to this kind of special operation force that he would have liked to create based on the letter from a certain person, a very carefully written and intelligent letter about how we need to police the regional jihadi groups. so my own interpretation is that it don't think bin laden would have wante
would we have seen larger attacks more directed at the united states? >> so, let me be a little bit kind of -- i don't want to spare bin laden. on one level you see bin laden in these letters calling on these regional jihadi groups to focus their attacks on the united states. at the same time you can see that he doesn't trust them. so there is something intriguing about one of these letters, the longest letters that he wrote, which is the most reflective one. this is the letter in which...
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states is scripted it in a way that peace is impossible it says pieces demean but the united states and nato wanted to do because they're using have decided to use military force to overthrow this independent government more than a month into the ceasefire syria still suffering from violence not casting serious doubt on the u.n. backed peace plan president assad insists his country is fighting foreign mercenaries and al-qaeda linked militants war masking themselves as the free syrian army his comments came in an interview to russia's that i see a twenty four channel his first in nearly six months. first of all it. it's not an army and it's not free they get omes and money from abroad from different countries that is why they are not free they are a bunch of criminals and have violated laws for years and have been convicted on a number of charges they also consist of religious extremists with ties to al qaida i don't just mean the organization itself but their extreme and terrorist approach they also have foreign mercenaries the west always tries to find puppets for itself syria has
states is scripted it in a way that peace is impossible it says pieces demean but the united states and nato wanted to do because they're using have decided to use military force to overthrow this independent government more than a month into the ceasefire syria still suffering from violence not casting serious doubt on the u.n. backed peace plan president assad insists his country is fighting foreign mercenaries and al-qaeda linked militants war masking themselves as the free syrian army his...
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does that mean the united states has to be physically itself involved? no. that is in fact not the obvious policy implication of what i'm saying. in fact, iraq should have told us that our presence there in some ways created more problems than it created help. our prolonged presence in afghanistan might have created more problems than it helped to resolve. i'm not making an argument for some sort of boots on the ground, u.s. must be physically involved in all of these places. >> but there is another thing that we will forget about at our peril and that is throughout the 1980s and 90s, we saw salafi islam as an antidote. we thought they were not going to be revolutionary. we thought they were just praying and wearing beards and so on and so forth and now they have metastasized. we have to look at the conflict. you can't start -- the other thing, it's a pity mary left. you have to have a dialectic approach to these things. yes being some people may turn to taliban. but they turn to taliban as a result of the long civil war that happen. the countries do not ret
does that mean the united states has to be physically itself involved? no. that is in fact not the obvious policy implication of what i'm saying. in fact, iraq should have told us that our presence there in some ways created more problems than it created help. our prolonged presence in afghanistan might have created more problems than it helped to resolve. i'm not making an argument for some sort of boots on the ground, u.s. must be physically involved in all of these places. >> but there...
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>>> in china, in japan, and in the united states millions of people gathered to catch a glimpse of a rare celestial event. welcome to nhk world "newsline." an annular solar eclipse only comes around once in a lifetime depending where you live. that's why people from the united states to china to japan stopped hours ago to stare at the sky. they used telescopes, protective glasses or pinhole cameras to see the moon pass in front of the sun and create a ring of fire. these are images of the eclipse sped up 260 times. it lasted from a few seconds to a few minutes depending on where viewers were. an annular solar eclipse occurs when the sun, moon, and earth are in perfect alignment. the moon appears smaller than the sun so a bright ring forms around the moon. here's the path of the eclipse across the pacific ocean. millions of people around the world caught the view. people also saw a rare phenomenon called baily's beads. the surface of the moon has mountains and valleys. when the sun back lit the moon forms like sparkling beads dotted the ring's edge. many commuters in tokyo caught the
>>> in china, in japan, and in the united states millions of people gathered to catch a glimpse of a rare celestial event. welcome to nhk world "newsline." an annular solar eclipse only comes around once in a lifetime depending where you live. that's why people from the united states to china to japan stopped hours ago to stare at the sky. they used telescopes, protective glasses or pinhole cameras to see the moon pass in front of the sun and create a ring of fire. these are...